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This auction is on Wednesday, May 29 from 5:30 – 7:30pm in the River Pavilion at Javits.

There are no tickets, just a guest list at the door. And, the River Pavilion in Javits can be a bit tricky to find… it’s on Level 4, above the trade show floor, way in the back overlooking the Hudson River. There will be signs and volunteers along the way to help, too.

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Our online auction is in full swing! Have you checked it out? In other auction news, the Event Program is off to the printer today. Get a sneak peek and plan ahead! You don’t want to miss the original Maurice Sendak piece, do you?? And, the auction’s website has hit it’s 10,000th view since it was created in February. Not too shabby. Thank you everyone!

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To put it on a WordPress blog, click the “Text” tab in the WordPress.com editor and paste in the code as it appears below. Switch back to HTML view to see the image. (Sorry, I can only help you with WordPress blogs!)

Along with the above printable ad, pull a few books off your shelves of participating illustrators, open to the corresponding page with a sign saying something like, “The original art from this very page of this very book could be yours!” Be creative! This is a great fun opportunity to link the books on your shelves, original art and your customers/partons (and yourselves!) while making them aware of censorship of children’s books. Make a scavenger hunt out of it. Ask them to create a piece of their own art and hold you’re own auction. Call a few customers/patrons personally to let them know about this opportunity. Be sure to get all of it on your social media platforms, too. I’d love a photo of what you come up with!! Email it to kristen@abffe.org or post it on your Facebook page, tagging ABFFE.

Add the online auction to all your social media outlets. On Twitter, please use the hashtags: #abffeauction, #bea13, #kidlit. On Facebook, please tag ABFFE (and “Like” us if you haven’t!)

Write a blog post. Check out a couple of the illustrator’s posts here.

Tell your friends and family.

Don’t forget to check it out yourself!

Think presents, too: birthday, new baby, graduation, holiday, new house, a special treat to yourself for all your hard work, etc.

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With special thanks to The Estate of Maurice Sendak, we have acquired a rare, original, signed character study for a book in Sendak’s Little Bear series, based on the TV show. It is pencil on vellum and is approximately 5″ x 5″.

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A special tribute to the late Maurice Sendak will feature pieces created by children’s book illustrators in honor of Sendak, who mentored and inspired many artists. A special auction area will be devoted to the items. Check out some of the artwork that has arrived so far:

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It must be April because we’re being showered with an unbelievable amount of art donations. The response has been overwhelming and we are giddy with excitement! Check out some of what we have so far in our Preview Art section, Pinterest and Facebook.

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Something about having the tickets on sale makes this event even more real. (At least the responsibility to put on a great event intensifies. Yikes!) Get your tickets now! Just $99 to attend one of the highlight events at BookExpo America, mingle with leading authors, illustrators and publishers in the children’s book industry, own a piece of history in the children’s lit world, and most importantly: support the free speech rights of young readers. And ABC member bookstores, your ticket is complimentary. How can you not come!? There’s food, drink and live auction entertainment provided by Jack Gantos and Lauren Myracle, too.

Here’s the event space in Javits. This is Chris, Joy and Tony (from BEA) when we viewed the space in January: